Peter Franklin Cureton Jr
Military
UPL 77024
UPL 77024
Lt Peter F Cureton and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, beside Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 42-102411 "Miss Lace". England, 14 Oct. 1944.NARA Ref 342-FH-3A10321-C61766AC
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Object Number - UPL 77024 - Lt Peter F Cureton and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, beside Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 42-102411 "Miss Lace". England, 14 Oct. 1944. NARA Ref...
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Merseburg, aboard B-17G 43-38705 murdered by German civilians near Frankleben, according Swiss Red Cross report. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11199.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12200808
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33437601
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15098973
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15109385 / O-723321
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15082640
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Greenville County, SC, USA | 4 June 1919 | Son of Peter Cureton Sr and Josephine [Dickson] Cureton. |
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Based |
Molesworth | 29 July 1944 - 21 November 1944 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Frankleben, 06259 Braunsbedra, Germany | 21 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Merseburg, aboard B-17 43-38705 murdered by German civilians near Frankleben, according Swiss Red Cross report. KIA MACR 11199 |
| Greenville, South Carolina | |||
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold France | ||
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Springwood Cemetery , Greenville, SC | Memorialised Springwood Cemetery Greenville Greenville County South Carolina, USA |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/image/310763530/?terms=Peter%20F%20Cureton
https://thecitadelmemorialeurope.wordpress.com/in-memoriam/alphabetical…
https://www.thecitadelmemorialeurope.org/people/peter-franklin-cureton-…
http://genealogytrails.com/scar/wwii_foreignburials2.htm
http://ibrarian.net/navon/paper/303rd_BG__H__Combat_Mission_No__218_4_A…
http://www.303rdbg.com/427cureton.html
http://stichting-mia.nl/index.php/nl/adoptie/stichting-m-i-a/truman-r-l…
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9254350
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56654146
Transferred relevant details from Duplicate page.
MACR 11199 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11199, Roster
